Electricity privatisations have been like golden geese, providing A$37 billion to Australian state governments since 1992. But the price for NSW's privatisation risks being undercut by two key events.

NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance with the 2014 budget. An economic analysis has found electricity revenues have been crucial to keeping the NSW budget in surplus in recent years.
Paul Miller/AAP19 mars 2015

The biggest open secret in the financial world has been confirmed. Regulators in the UK, the US and Switzerland have announced massive fines for some of the world’s largest banks for a manipulation of…

Why is the City keeping its suffering under wraps?
Robin Hawkes17 septembre 2014

The major international banks are being lumbered with more and higher fines as the fallout from the financial crisis continues. Our research as part of the Conduct Costs Project at the CCP Research Foundation…

Many months after the event, the Australian financial press has woken up to the fact that there was a financial scandal happening elsewhere. Worse still, it may also have happened here. The tabloid-like…

In his recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong belatedly admitted to taking illicit drugs throughout his career. But in doing so, he also shed light on a corrupt culture within the sport involving…

Failures of compliance and culture have been attributed to the RBS’ misconduct in the LIBOR manipulation scandal.
AAP8 février 2013

The fallout from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) scandal continues apace with the announcement on Wednesday that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had reached a $US612 million settlement with…